Civil Rights Scuffle

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Civil Rights Scuffle

Clinton is getting ready to go over the Senate's head by appointing NAACP lawyer Bill Lann Lee as interim head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division after Congress goes on recess. Senate Republicans unhappy with Lee's support for affirmative action have vowed to block a formal nomination and have warned about the fallout that would follow a recess appointment. White House spokesman McCurry, however, discounted the possibility of serious retaliation for the move.